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Surgical repair of massive dilatation of the right atrium with tricuspid regurgitation

Overview of attention for article published in Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, July 2018
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Title
Surgical repair of massive dilatation of the right atrium with tricuspid regurgitation
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Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, July 2018
DOI 10.1186/s13019-018-0769-7
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Masaho Okada, Hirotaka Watanuki, Kayo Sugiyama, Yasuhiro Futamura, Katsuhiko Matsuyama

Abstract

Massive dilatation of the right atrium with tricuspid regurgitation is frequently diagnosed by accidental recognition of an enlarged cardiac silhouette during routine chest radiography. Although some patients are asymptomatic, enlargement of the right atrium can cause secondary tricuspid regurgitation due to dilatation of the tricuspid annulus, associated with arrhythmias and thrombus formation leading to pulmonary embolism, stroke, and, rarely, sudden death due to left ventricular compression. A 76-year-old woman was followed up due to atrial fibrillation and tricuspid regurgitation for 8 years. A follow-up echocardiogram showed progressive dilatation of the right atrium. Because of the development of shortness of breath, right atrial plication and tricuspid valve repair were performed. Tricuspid annuloplasty was performed on the beating heart with the use of a 28-mm Carpentier-Edwards Physio tricuspid annuloplasty ring. Plication of the enlarged right atrium was performed at the interatrial septum, the free right atrium wall including the appendage, and the space between the inferior vena cava and the tricuspid ring. Closure of the left atrial appendage was performed from outside to prevent left atrial thrombus formation. Postoperative X-ray and computed tomography showed reduced cardiac silhouette and right atrial volume. The patient was discharged uneventfully and returned for follow-up visits with improved symptoms. An adult case of massive dilatation of the right atrium of unknown etiology is reported. The patient's symptoms were relieved by our operative procedure.

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Unknown 37 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Postgraduate 6 16%
Student > Master 5 14%
Student > Bachelor 4 11%
Researcher 3 8%
Unspecified 2 5%
Other 6 16%
Unknown 11 30%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 20 54%
Unspecified 2 5%
Materials Science 1 3%
Unknown 14 38%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 1. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 05 July 2018.
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#15,539,088
of 23,094,276 outputs
Outputs from Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
#400
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#209,328
of 327,912 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
#11
of 42 outputs
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